Fresh off the unveiling of his East Village mural depicting Michael Jackson, renowned Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra is at it again with another project done in his signature, harlequin-pattern, technicolor style.

Painted on the side of a building on 18th Street and Tenth Avenue in Chelsea, the three-story image features the profiles of Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi, facing each other in a tribute to their roles as two of the world’s greatest humanitarians. Gandhi, of course, led India in its quest for independence from British rule by pursuing a campaign of non-violence that was later emulated by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther during the Civil Rights movement. Mother Teresa, meanwhile, won the Noble Peace Prize, and was granted sainthood by the Catholic Church, for her work ministering to the poor of Calcutta.

Gandhi and Mother Teresa are just some of the famous personalities from history and pop culture that Kobra has immortalized in murals around the world, a roster which includes Anne Frank, Tupac, Neil Armstrong, Nelson Mandela, Bob Dylan—and Yoda. Though he's created projects from Mumbai and Malawi to Moscow and Minneapolis, the New York City area has always been one of his favorite places to work: Besides this latest project and the one involving Michael Jackson, he put up a monumental mural last year on a Jersey City high-rise that celebrated David Bowie in character as Ziggy Stardust.

Howard Halle is the Editor-at-large for Time Out New York as well as Chief Art Critic and Editor of the Art section. He joined TONY on August 1, 1995 as part of the staff at the launch of the magazine and has worked here since.

He taught 20th-century art history at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art in Washington D.C. before moving to NYC in 1981 to serve as the Curator for the The Gallery and Performance Art program at The Kitchen, one of the city's oldest non-profit arts centers. Additionally, he organized exhibitions at galleries and other institutional venues, including the Centre George Pompidou in Paris. Before coming to Time Out, he was Assistant Art Editor at Grand Street, an arts and literary quarterly.